NEW DELHI: It is unprecedented for promoted Teams to challenge for Trophies in their very first season in top flight. Royal Wahingdoh, however, have successfully annihilated this dictat in the ongoing Hero I-League thus far. The Shillong based Team sits pretty in a respectable second position and has bagged nine points out of a possible twelve (as on February 5, 2015). You look deep and will find Coach Santosh Kashyap as the guiding force. In an exclusive interview to www.the-aiff.com Kashyap speaks at length about his plans, the boys, the camaraderie, the fans and much more. EXCERPTS:


Royal Wahingdoh are challengers for the top spot at the moment. How do you explain that?

We have achieved a feat which reflects our motivation. We have won three matches and that speaks a lot for itself. The morale inside the Camp is very good. We are a big happy family who are enjoying their stay in the top flight. That we are challengers at the moment is happily accepted by all of us and we would want to stay where we are.

Wahingdoh have also impressed with their attacking style. How much of that has been brewed in training sessions?

Whatever I have learnt as a Coach, I try to implement it on the Football field. I think my experience helps me a lot in terms of injecting attacking play. We at Royal Wahingdoh believe in a very fluid style of play which is carried out from the back and metamorphs into attack. We don’t have any counter attacking mentality. We want to dominate Hero I-League Teams as we have done so far.

Jackichand Singh has evolved into a game changer. How do you describe his perennial growth?

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